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Food processing changes how the body responds to identical calories
Original: Same calories, different responses: Food processing influences metabolism and brain activity
New research reports that two foods with the same calorie content can produce different metabolic and brain responses depending on how processed they are. The findings suggest calorie counts alone do not capture how the body handles food, with heavily processed options apparently triggering distinct hormonal and neural reactions. The study is likely to fuel ongoing debate about ultra-processed foods and how nutrition should be labelled and regulated.
Why now: It adds scientific weight to the growing debate over ultra-processed foods and whether calorie labelling is enough.
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- Same calories, different responses: Food processing influences metabolism and brain activity · Medical Xpress
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